Historical Events In January - 28

1813  On this day in history jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41   

1814  On this day in history stendahl's 1st book is published   

1815  On this day in history andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1818  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 on January - 28.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name on January - 28.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore on January - 28.   

1820  Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast on this day in history.   

1821  On January - 28 bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica   

1822  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) on January - 28.   

1824  On this day in history william Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 on this day in history.   

1828  On January - 28 michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on January - 28.   

1830  The opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris on January - 28.   

1831  On this day in history henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1832  On January - 28 franz Wullner, composer   

1833  Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum) on January - 28.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.   

1841  On January - 28 the birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone   

1841  On this day in history henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)   

1846  Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) on this day in history.   

1848  King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution on this day in history.   

1851  Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered on January - 28.   

1853  On January - 28 jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician   

1855  On this day in history the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

1855  William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on January - 28.   

1858  John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on January - 28.   

1860  Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of New Bern, NC on this day in history.   

1864  Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history president Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

1865  Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on this day in history.   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies